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His choir songs are still sung today, but they are only a small part of his astonishing output. Usifo Omozokpea/Gary Oberholzer/Tsepo Moerane/Neo Mahase Moerane

February 13, 2025

Michael Mosoeu Moerane was a pioneering composer in South Africa. A new book is restoring his place in history

Gwen Ansell, University of Pretoria

The true depth of Michael Mosoeu Moerane’s work as a composer and educator is revealed in a stunning new biography called The Times Do Not Permit.

Detail of a photo of Can Themba at Drum magazine. Photo Jürgen Schadeberg courtesy Wits University Press

May 1, 2022

Can Themba: South Africa’s rebel journalist was a teacher at heart

Siphiwo Mahala, University of Johannesburg

Abundantly talented and flawed, apartheid-era writer Can Themba wasn’t afraid to put his body on the line for a story.

Sindiwe Magona at home. © Bjorn Rudner/Courtesy Sindiwe Magona

March 5, 2021

Learning from the story of pioneering South African writer Sindiwe Magona

Puleng Segalo, University of South Africa

A literary icon, her autobiographies offer a way of understanding the country’s brutal past in order to heal and move forward.

Professor Chabani Manganyi reflects on his time working as a black psychologist in the heart of the apartheid era. Supplied

July 6, 2016

Apartheid and the making of a black psychologist

Chabani Manganyi, University of Pretoria

In the heart of South Africa’s apartheid era, Professor Chabani Manganyi was among a handful of black psychologists offering expert testimony in the country’s courts.

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